Musical Alphabet
The Staff & Clefs
Notes & Rest
Time Signature
Rhythm & Beat
100

The Musical Alphabet has __ letters.

What Is 7?

100

The staff has this many lines.

What is 5?

100

A whole note gets how many beats in 4/4?

What is 4?

100

he top number of a time signature tells us what?

How many beats per measure.

100

The steady pulse of music is called ___.

What is the beat?

200

After G, The Musical Alphabet goes back to this letter. 

What is A?

200

This clef is also called the “G Clef.”

What is the treble clef?

200

This rest looks like a squiggly line.

What is a Quarter Rest?

200

The bottom number tells us what?

What kind of note gets the beat.

200

True or False: Rhythm and beat mean the same thing.

What is False?

300

This man created a system to help singers learn notes (hint: “Do-Re-Mi”).

Who is Guido of Arezzo?

300

The bass clef circles this line on the staff.

What is F?

300

A half note gets ___ beats in 4/4.

What is 2?

300

In 4/4 time, there are how many beats per measure?

What is 4?

300

Tempo is the musical word for this.

What is speed?

400

Write the correct order of the musical alphabet backwards.

What is G–F–E–D–C–B–A?

400

Notes in the spaces of the treble clef spell this word.

What is FACE?

400

This note is worth ½ of a beat in 4/4.

What is an eighth note?

400

This time signature is also called “cut time.”

What is 2/2?

400

Clap the rhythm: ♩ ♪ ♫ ♩

Quarter, two eighths, four sixteenths, quarter

500

This note is exactly in the middle of the piano keyboard.

What is Middle C?

500

True or False: Ledger lines are part of the regular staff.

What is False?

500

Which lasts longer: a dotted half note or 3 quarter notes?

They are the same – 3 beats.

500

In 6/8 time, what note value gets one beat?

What is the eighth note?

500

Write one measure of rhythm in 4/4 using at least 3 different note values.

Open response.